Caring for Someone with Kidney Failure

Caregiving for Someone with Kidney Failure

Kidney failure, also known as renal failure or renal insufficiency it is when the kidneys fail to filter metabolic wastes from the blood. Long-term kidney problems are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, renal failure, diabetes, decreased cognitive performance, coma and death.

This article explains kidney failure in detail and provides a blueprint for caregivers to understand the disease and how they can help the person for whom they're caring.

Kidney Failure prevents the body from cleansing toxins from the blood stream, which usually leads to one having to make regular trips to have dialysis performed. Dialysis is a procedure wherein blood is drawn into a machine that cleans it of toxins, then returns the blood to the body.

 There are 3 types of treatment options available for treating kidney failure.

1. Hemodialysis: A type of dialysis, which is done twice a week either at home or the medical center.
2. Peritoneal dialysis: This type of dialysis can be done anywhere, wherever the clean place is available for exchanging the bags. The two types of peritoneal dialysis include automated peritoneal dialysis, which involves the use of the machine and continuous peritoneal dialysis, which does not require any machine.
3. Kidney transplant: Kidney transplant is usually the last option when no other treatment methods are effective enough to bring about the desired outcome.

The complete article on how to care for someone with kidney failure can be found here: http://eganhealthcare.com/2017/09/how-to-care-for-someone-with-kidney-failure/.